For the past two years(!), he’s been calling in as a guy named “Dwayne from Swedesboro.”
The problem – the “caller” is supposedly a black guy, incorporating the worst stereotypes imaginable.
As an example, he’s constantly referring to being worried about all the pregnancy tests his women are taking, afraid he’ll be their “baby daddy.” He even started an equally racist Twitter account for the guy, using a picture from a black teammate he plays hockey with. One of the postings reads, “Bout to go to da White women Mecca. Da Starbucks located in da Target. Just wait for dem to come to me.”
He was supposedly doing this as a joke to egg on the host of the show he was producing, and while you may find it almost impossible to believe, the host claims he had no idea what was going on. (At one point, he even had his hockey teammate come in to the station to meet the host.). And it goes on from there.
The charade finally came to an end when an intern spilled the beans, and you might think that would be grounds for the producer's immediate termination. Instead, the station has let him continue as if nothing ever happened, apparently happy for the publicity. And it appears many there knew what was going on the whole time.
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